Like all the provincial sides thrown to the Lions, the Brumbies will front up with a starting XV robbed of their best Wallabies players but under strict orders to leave the tourists bruised, if...
- Thu
- Oct 3, 2013
- Updated: 11:49pm
The fly-half scrapped with his Saracens clubmate Schalk Brits just seven minutes into the Lions' opening tour match at Hong Kong Stadium on Saturday.
Melbourne Rebels halfback Nick Phipps, NSW Waratahs lock Kane Douglas and Western Force loose forward Ben McCalman were called up after second-rower Sitaleki Timani and in-form back-rower Scott...
On a wet and windy evening, where there was only one try to each side, Lealiifano punished the Blues with five penalties to keep the Brumbies at the head of the Australian conference.
Quade Cooper made an emphatic statement to Wallabies selectors ahead of the Lions tour as he steered the Queensland Reds to an upset 31-23 Super 15 rugby union win over the Waikato Chiefs in...
The seven-time-champion Crusaders, already without captain Kieran Read and star All Blacks Dan Carter and Richie McCaw, will be missing hooker Corey Flynn with an eye injury, while Israel Dagg is...
Opinion
Seven-time champions Canterbury Crusaders open their 2013 Super 15 campaign today against bitter rivals Auckland Blues while South Africa stages a potentially torrid heavyweight clash.
A typically belligerent stand between Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq in a frenetic third day hauled Pakistan back into the second cricket test after South Africa had owned the majority of the day at...
It's a new twist on the old theme. Knock, knock, who's there, anyone going to the Bledisloe Cup test? It's not a scenario the New Zealand or Australian Rugby unions envisaged when they shipped the...
Russell Black, Projects Director, MTR Corporation
It was supposed to be a fair exchange - silks for a jersey - but Darren Beadman looked as if he had landed the Melbourne Cup as he clung on to his precious Wallaby jersey handed to him by a...
While the Australian Rugby Union are not reluctant to 'export' the Wallabies to Asia, they are more averse to raiding Japanese corporations trying to whip away the cream of their rugby players....
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